Reporting Absences

School attendance and promptness are the responsibilities of students and their parents. Every effort should be made to assure that students are in school when classes are in session. Personal illness, death in the family and any other urgent reason affecting the child may necessitate an absence. Parents are expected to contact the school office prior to 8:30 a.m. (7:30 a.m. at the junior high) when a student will be absent by using the 24-Hour attendance line. When calling your child in as absent please include the following information in your message: child’s name, teacher’s name and reason for absence. If a parent does not call, office personnel will call the parent's home or work to verify the absence. Teachers will assist pupils in making up work missed during an excused absence.